Adam: This level builds upon the lessons learned in Level 1. We’ll begin today’s lesson by listening to a dialogue, then break it down for you. Please follow along with the included dialogue transcript either on your MP3 player screen or from our website.

Adam: So here’s something new. We know that 哪里 means “where?” 哪里，哪里 is a common expression used in situations where you want to deflect praise away from yourself by politely disagreeing with the speaker. So the man complimented her Chinese and she replied with

Kirin: 哪里，哪里.

Adam: As in “Where’s this great Chinese that you speak of?”

Kirin: 哪里，哪里.

Adam: The woman then adds.

Kirin: 我要学的还很多.

Adam: We’ve seen all these words before but in a different order. The literal translation here is “I want study additionally a lot.”

Kirin: 我要学的还很多.

Adam: In other words, “I still have a lot more to study.”

Kirin: 我要学的还很多.

Adam: The man then replies.

Kirin: 继续加油.

Adam: So here we have some new words. The first word has two characters.

Raphael: 继续. 两个第四声.

Adam: And that is the word “to continue.”

Raphael: 继续.

Adam: We then have a very popular phrase.

Raphael: 加油. 第一声跟第二声.

Adam: 加, on its own, means “to add” and 油 means “oil” Together they mean “refuel” as in what you do to your car or in this case “refuel your own energy” or simply “Keep going!”

Raphael: 加油.

Adam: So together.

Kirin: 继续加油.

Adam: Means “Continue to keep at it.”

Kirin: 继续加油.

Adam: The woman then replies.

Kirin: 谢谢，我会的.

Adam: Again, we know these words as “Thanks, I am able to” or in this context, “Thanks, I will.”

Adam: So, hopefully, you can see different ways of using some of the words we’ve learned before through the use of these different examples. If you’d like to see more examples, listen to the podcast review available to premium subscribers on our website ChineseLearnOnline.com.